This makes life interesting--<A HREF="http://blogs.zdnet.com/igeneration/?p=194&tag=nl.e589">knowing what you could be earning</A> in a few years time once you've got your degree. The idea behind this Web site is (other than extreme nosiness) available information on who is earning what, at which company. It's not as specific to the point you can type in "Jonathan Schwartz" and "Sun Microsystems" and get his exact salary, but it's not far off.

Start off by creating an account with Glassdoor.com which adds to the database of salaries--you are asked to provide your salary information for your company (past or present) anonymously which then gets added, but you are then given access to the site for a set period of time. By checking the salaries page, you can find out how much those in specific positions earn, whether they are at Microsoft, Apple, Intel, even those like the Bank of America or Verizon.